Talent Acquisition Business Partner - Early Careers

Job Description

GHD if offering a fantastic opportunity for a Cadet Drafter based out of their Maroochydore Sunshine Coast office. This position would be well suited to a Year 12 student that has an interest in engineering and or design. Please note the following information from GHD for expressions of interest -

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About the GHD Business:

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With nearly 13000 people around the globe, GHD is one of the world's leading professional services companies. We are a connected global network operating across five continents and the Pacific region and we are passionate about the communities in which we live. GHD has a reputation for providing innovative solutions. With a broad client base, interesting work and a supportive culture we inspire our people to reach their true potential. GHD offers a variety of projects ranging from large scale to regional project delivery alongside the flexibility of location to meet the many needs of our peoples' career and life stages.

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As an employee-owned firm, GHD is an attractive place for talented people to thrive and pursue a career. With a workplace rich in diversity of thought, background and experience, we have what it takes to deliver amazing outcomes for our clients.

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The Cadetship roles fit within the GHD Digital Design cohort in the South Queensland region. This cohort is in the order of 110-120 Designers and Drafters across a region comprising approximately 900 people spread across Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Bundaberg, Hervey Bay, and Toowoomba.

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GHD fosters and encourages the training and employment of design drafting professionals. In recognition of this, GHD South Queensland has invested in the SQ Documentation Technician Development Program, a program for developing our trainee Drafters ("Cadets") who are undertaking an Associate Degree in Engineering or approved equivalent.

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This program delivers supervised on the job training, mentoring, financial study support and study leave.

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The Cadet will spend the majority of their time working in a project environment, acquiring design and drafting skills under the direction of their Manager, Senior Drafters and Engineers.

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Purpose

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The acquisition of design skills by our Cadet's is paramount to GHD and the resultant opportunity of a qualified Design Technician professional is the final outcome.

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The work that the Cadet undertakes at GHD supports the development of the Cadets and compliments their studies.

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The ultimate goal of the program is to "grow our own" – to provide a working environment to the Cadet, that fosters knowledge gain, in parallel with external studies. It is hoped that the relationship established during the Cadetship period will not only provide a lasting benefit to the profession (as a whole) but also contribute to staff retention. Our people and their long-term commitment to the business is important to us.

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Upon successful completion of each assessment unit, GHD will pay the cost of each unit. A typical associate degree course comprises 16 units at approximately $1750 per unit. This equates to $28000 across a 4-year period. This significant investment in our people is a strong indicator of the importance of developing and retaining talented people within our business. It also emphasizes the relevance of the role within the business, and the future that we see for these people.

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We will employ the successful candidate in a full-time capacity (40 hours per week), 10 hours of which is dedicated to Study Leave. The Study Leave time is allocated to the Cadet to assist them in meeting the contact time and examination attendance requirements of the course.

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Details

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We will likely be looking for 3 Cadets across the South Queensland region. Each Cadetship opportunity will be within a discrete Business Group (or regional office) working and learning within a specific discipline.

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The 2026 intake will be Civil positions

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Applications will close end of October with application interviews and assessment being undertaken throughout November. It is anticipated that successful candidates will be advised prior to 19th December, with anticipate start date late January/early February.

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Please direct any further enquiries to Sarah McGahen, GHD Talent Acquisition Business Partner – Early Careers, details herewith -

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Talent Acquisition Business Partner – Early Careers

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145 Ann Street Brisbane Queensland 4000 Australia